Functions

• Coordinates GIS mapping and information exchange efforts for York County Government.
• Assists staff in any department with GIS instruction, field data collection, and map making.
• Acts as keepers of the County GIS data assets but not as data editors.
• The GIS office adds value to data (facts about the world) by turning them into information.
• Creates higher-level information products for decision making.
   

York County Geographic Information Services (GIS) is both a division of the Management Information Technology (MIS) Department and a countywide program of spatial data and application development. GIS division staff is responsible for overseeing the County’s baseline digital spatial databases and for providing state-of-the-art mapping and data services to County departments, citizens, local governments, and businesses. While GIS staff in other departments are responsible for day to day departmental data maintenance, the GIS division of MIS is only the caretaker or holder of the information.

This Office Does:

• Maintains the GIS Online website for use by staff and citizens which enables anyone to browse or obtain spatial information.
• Facilitates cooperative data sharing and coordination efforts among County departments to establish more efficient government workflow processes through appropriate usage of technology.
• Provides historic orthophotography for years 1970, 1980, and 1990 through a web portal.
• Provides instruction to map makers, data editors, and GIS field data collection staff in various departments.
• Distribute GIS data to citizens through a web portal (at no cost).

This Office Does Not:

• Make printed hardcopy maps for public.
• Make edits to data (property parcels) but instead routes the inquiry to the responsible department (Assessor)